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half or more is rising against morsi. the more democratic side of the society seems to be against more sis. -- moresy. melissa: what is your best policy here? >> morsi, if y want money you have to sit down with us and your opposition. this is a way to corner him. let's have a triangular. liberal civil society, women, what have you. and morsi and allies on the other hand. we would like as a congress first and administration listen to your debate. who will give us better in terms of american-egyptian alliances and democracy and freedom in the region. melissa: walid, thank you so much. >> thank you f having me. melissa: up next on "money", the u.s. navy steams ahead to adopt renewable fuels but senator james inhofe says it is about to sink boatloads of taxpayer cash. is he saying a wind powered aircraft carrier is a bad idea? i don't understand. he is here with all the details. >>> plus there are black markets for guns, cigarette and gold. but for hey hay? they have been hit by a string of robbies across the country. piles o
half or more is rising against morsi. the more democratic side of the society seems to be against more sis. -- moresy. melissa: what is your best policy here? >> morsi, if y want money you have to sit down with us and your opposition. this is a way to corner him. let's have a triangular. liberal civil society, women, what have you. and morsi and allies on the other hand. we would like as a congress first and administration listen to your debate. who will give us better in terms of...
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morsi is making a political gamble. he is betting that a majority of egyptians will vote for this draft constitution. and if he's right, then president morsi will tighten his grip on power. if he's wrong, if egyptians reject this proposed constitution then they're also rejecting mr. morsi's islamist vision for egypt. >> pelley: holly williams in cairo. thanks, holly. will the supreme court jump into the battle over same-sex marriage? and glen campbell's bittersweet good-bye when the "cbs evening news" continues. before copd... i took my son fishing every year. we had a great spot, not easy to find, but worth it. but with copd making it hard to breathe, i thought those days might be over. so my doctor prescribed symbicort. it helps significantly improve my lung function starting within five minutes. symbicort doesn't replace a rescue inhaler for sudden symptoms. with symbicort, today i'm breathing better. and that means...fish on! symbicort is for copd including chronic bronchitis and emphysema. it should not be taken mo
morsi is making a political gamble. he is betting that a majority of egyptians will vote for this draft constitution. and if he's right, then president morsi will tighten his grip on power. if he's wrong, if egyptians reject this proposed constitution then they're also rejecting mr. morsi's islamist vision for egypt. >> pelley: holly williams in cairo. thanks, holly. will the supreme court jump into the battle over same-sex marriage? and glen campbell's bittersweet good-bye when the...
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morsi's islamist allies. and the final draft includes a bigger role for islamic sharia law and empowers the state to protect morals. but there's no specific guarantee of equality for women, and all of those things have angered many egyptian liberals. nevertheless, mr. morsi said this evening that he will put that draft constitution to a referendum, a popular vote, in just 15 days' time. >> holly, what can the opposition do? >> reporter: well, president morsi's opponents are in a difficult situation because he has played a very clever hand. there's a good chance that the constitution will pass at the referendum, because some egyptians like it and other egyptians feel that any constitution is better than no constitution when egypt desperately needs stability. and even if the draft doesn't pass the popular vote, mr. morsi will still have his expanded new powers. his opponents are talking about disrupting the referendum. they're talking about civil disobedience, and beyond that, there may be very little they can
morsi's islamist allies. and the final draft includes a bigger role for islamic sharia law and empowers the state to protect morals. but there's no specific guarantee of equality for women, and all of those things have angered many egyptian liberals. nevertheless, mr. morsi said this evening that he will put that draft constitution to a referendum, a popular vote, in just 15 days' time. >> holly, what can the opposition do? >> reporter: well, president morsi's opponents are in a...
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to ation as morsi has put it was sort of. that equation when you say no or you need to use a constitution which no one participated in right at all. completely. and people. will declare. ration and situation is not a very acceptable option for you and. they won't back down thank you very much indeed for joining us from the heart of events there in colorado while blogger and journalist joining me live thank you you. thank. well the longer the deadlock between the president and the opposition in egypt goes on the greater the danger things could spiral out of control as we're witnessing now let us know what you think or how you think the standoff might actually end or what it could lead to by taking part in our poll of r.t. dot com here's how the vote looks so far a third of those who've had to say believe that the egyptian leader will cancel his new to create in order to stay in office just over a quarter think the new wave of anti-government protests will result in further instability leading to a libya stalled war slightly le
to ation as morsi has put it was sort of. that equation when you say no or you need to use a constitution which no one participated in right at all. completely. and people. will declare. ration and situation is not a very acceptable option for you and. they won't back down thank you very much indeed for joining us from the heart of events there in colorado while blogger and journalist joining me live thank you you. thank. well the longer the deadlock between the president and the opposition in...
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. >> reporter: this was president morsi's day. tens of thousands of his muslim brotherhood and other islamist supporters packed the streets outside cairo university looking more like a political rally than a protest. they needed to show up in big numbers to slow the opposition's momentum and did not disappoint. i think the numbers you see today show the true legitimacy is with president morsi, he said. they applauded morsi's controversial decree giving him near absolute power as well as a draft constitution, which human rights experts warn could seriously limit freedoms of speech, religion, and women's rights. they are against islam and don't want islamic law said this protester. we want islamic law. while clashes between pro and anti--morsi protesters in alexandria left at least a dozen wounded, here in cairo one of the largest islamist demonstrations ever was peaceful. meanwhile, in tahrir square several hundred tired morsi opponents tried to keep up their spirits. mohamed sayedi has lived in a tent for nine days and remains def
. >> reporter: this was president morsi's day. tens of thousands of his muslim brotherhood and other islamist supporters packed the streets outside cairo university looking more like a political rally than a protest. they needed to show up in big numbers to slow the opposition's momentum and did not disappoint. i think the numbers you see today show the true legitimacy is with president morsi, he said. they applauded morsi's controversial decree giving him near absolute power as well as a...
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for an against morsi. we have somebody absolutely opposed to president morsi here. why do you think morsi is doing the wrong thing? a guy in charge and -- this means that is not at all. [ inaudible ] >> do you think he is taking awer totarian -- >> of course. mubarak took 50 years to reach this point. making this in five months. >> reporter: thank you. why do you support the president? the only democracy that we agree on. i mean the regulations and the rules of democracy is get to the balance and vote. vote. >> reporter: but he apolished the courts. isn't that authoritarian stand? >> he is not against court. in the beginning he wanted to get parliament back to be meeting again. but it prohibited him from so. his power and his skull and tapabilities to be able to take the country and move forward. okay? now it's dictatorial. >> a deep disagreement over the ast taken by president morsi in egypt. >> thank you. >> shannon: secretary of state hillary clinton says last week u.n. voteranting the palestinian liberation organization status as a nonmember state with observer
for an against morsi. we have somebody absolutely opposed to president morsi here. why do you think morsi is doing the wrong thing? a guy in charge and -- this means that is not at all. [ inaudible ] >> do you think he is taking awer totarian -- >> of course. mubarak took 50 years to reach this point. making this in five months. >> reporter: thank you. why do you support the president? the only democracy that we agree on. i mean the regulations and the rules of democracy is...
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reports of fresh violence in egypt as mohamed morsy supporters clashed with his opponents near the presidential palace but both sides have called mass rallies. no relief for britain as the country's finance minister warns an already angry public that five more years it was dirty and cuts ahead. and israel refuses to comply with u.n. demands of that it open it's on acknowledge nuclear facilities for inspection and join the nonproliferation treaty calling the general assembly voted void. you're watching our live from moscow with me to bomb let's say we start in egypt where the standoff between mohamed morsi and the opposition has caused new al breaks of violence supporters of the country's leader has reportedly clashed with its opponents near the presidential palace where both parties have called rallies the muslim brotherhood israeli morsy supporters of the tens of thousands took part in an opposition mas' on his palace on tuesday night let's get more from our correspondent in cairo tomball to joins us live now tom we're getting reports of fresh clashes in cairo any signs of those where you are.
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it's a kind of a hard situation if there was morsi or any other candidates. this confusion has started with the military council taking over in old the constitutional declaration that came afterwards for doing work today nishan so i think it's a built up to what we have been going through since the initial uprising in generally to say even if the opposition some of the opposition i think you know but over so in him i don't think they have the general population that seems to want more stability and economic instability in one. more in the overthrew him now do we do have to go through another circle of elections again in like four months i do think that the majority of people would like to go with this option. when reaching for the sky that's not a bad idea to ask friends for help but sometimes even back doesn't want to report a little later on now washington is having trouble convincing it lights to the set on the trip meant for my side. and the u.k. a draft bill that could give the government time to stop people's internet activities sparks privacy concerns
it's a kind of a hard situation if there was morsi or any other candidates. this confusion has started with the military council taking over in old the constitutional declaration that came afterwards for doing work today nishan so i think it's a built up to what we have been going through since the initial uprising in generally to say even if the opposition some of the opposition i think you know but over so in him i don't think they have the general population that seems to want more stability...
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president morsi our new vice president are making news. right here and that i'm very even though you want to embrace one more there are muslim brotherhood for starters so i don't know if issue a response. to an afternoon right now. well we're following the developments in egypt on air and online for the latest updates had to altie dot com and also check out all twitter feeds. the u.s. is preparing to send patriot missiles to turkey after nato approved the plan to defend itself against potential missile attacks from inside syria and america is also pressuring iraq to search syria planes for weapons even demolishing it grounds passing jets that baghdad isn't enthusiastic as reports. as the syrian government struggles to stay in power fighting against rebels backed by the west america is also attempting to suffocate the alleged weapons flying into damascus washington accuses iran of being the key arms supplier to assad forces and to stop the transfer the u.s. is now reportedly demanding that baghdad inspect planes flying from iran over its ai
president morsi our new vice president are making news. right here and that i'm very even though you want to embrace one more there are muslim brotherhood for starters so i don't know if issue a response. to an afternoon right now. well we're following the developments in egypt on air and online for the latest updates had to altie dot com and also check out all twitter feeds. the u.s. is preparing to send patriot missiles to turkey after nato approved the plan to defend itself against potential...
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morsi's days could be numbed per. we'll talk about the impact here at home. even when they say it's not it iss always about money melissa: look at the d's market headlines, wait and see the name of the game on wall stet. they watched the latest sparri over the fiscal cliff. stocks weighed between sitive and negative territory. shares of netflix soaring re than 14% you wow! the compan announcedexclusive dib shun deal with disney. ey will get first run reaming rights for disne films benning in 201 gold prices losing their shine. the commodity tbledelow $1700 a ounce hitti a one-month low. >> to our to story, no bias or bul oney" will lay it out for you. all the talk about can't fall off the fiscal clf, we say why not? it may not the worse option? maybe it is. none of them stop the problem. we'll take a look. here to crunch t number, stephen hayes, fox news ntributor andwriter for he weekly standard." thanks for coming on to brave the math. bothides get so emotiol here. it is not abt emotion, it is about the numberand what will save this country. oking at the re
morsi's days could be numbed per. we'll talk about the impact here at home. even when they say it's not it iss always about money melissa: look at the d's market headlines, wait and see the name of the game on wall stet. they watched the latest sparri over the fiscal cliff. stocks weighed between sitive and negative territory. shares of netflix soaring re than 14% you wow! the compan announcedexclusive dib shun deal with disney. ey will get first run reaming rights for disne films benning in...
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today they're meant for morsi. these are people who are mixed bag. young, old, male, lots of female, from all walks of life. and they are part of this opposition movement that's really been galvanized over the past week or two by -- last week i should say by morsi's sudden decree that has given him of course so much power. but now they're also protesting against something else and it is an important point to make here. they're concerned about and reject entirely this flawed draft constitution which they say doesn't represent them at all, but, rather, represents morsi's muslim brotherhood and other iz lacslamist who approve rushed constitution. they say now that to ratify the draft constitution is just a political employ by morsi to get him out of the current jam that he's in because keep in mind once there is a new constitution, morsi can hand over much of that controversial power to the parly the and then he gains a state with a constitution that has a very, very strong islamist bias. one which by the way critics and international human rights exper
today they're meant for morsi. these are people who are mixed bag. young, old, male, lots of female, from all walks of life. and they are part of this opposition movement that's really been galvanized over the past week or two by -- last week i should say by morsi's sudden decree that has given him of course so much power. but now they're also protesting against something else and it is an important point to make here. they're concerned about and reject entirely this flawed draft constitution...
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now morsi is taking over the military and implementing shria law. will this be good for the egyptian people. >> shawn sean, we're going throa revolution in egypt. in a revolution the old regime gets purged. he took out the old cronies and now he's doing the same thing to the judiciaries. >> so the radical islamist is coming to power? >> he's consolidating his power base. that's normal in revolution. >> sean: he's now implementing shria laws. >> i don't know what that means. i don't know what that means. that's not going to happen in egypt. actually, people aren't protesting the law right now. they're protesting the expansion of the executive powers. there isn't a protest about the law. >> the constitution that's about to be implemented, you understand the law as well as anybody i know. what will life be like for women. >> it's going to be very difficult but our guest has a point. the majority of people in egypt are not protesting against morsi and shria law. they're actually for it. this past saturday hundreds of thousands of people took to the stre
now morsi is taking over the military and implementing shria law. will this be good for the egyptian people. >> shawn sean, we're going throa revolution in egypt. in a revolution the old regime gets purged. he took out the old cronies and now he's doing the same thing to the judiciaries. >> so the radical islamist is coming to power? >> he's consolidating his power base. that's normal in revolution. >> sean: he's now implementing shria laws. >> i don't know what...
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and was holding power until morsi became the psident of the country. so there is still a llt of moving parts here. it is still very dynamic. i don't think this is ov by a longshot. melissa: why is this, just to bring it back to our viewers, why is this so important to americans here? one reasois the suez canal which runs, you know, right there next to egypt. this is an important waterway for all kind of commerce in the area. there's oil in the region. and then, i mean there is egypt's now role and prominence in the region. >>>>eah. egypt is the most populous country in the arab world. it has been a leader for quite some time, a friend of the united states. you mentioned the suez canal. camp david accords, peace with israel. counterterrorism. there have been a lot of bad actors showing up in the sinai. thh gaza, palestinian issue. middle east peace. relations with iran. egypt was a strong bulwark, melissa, against iran's rise in the region. now they're talking about setting up diplomatic relations. in fact the new egyptian government let iranian warship
and was holding power until morsi became the psident of the country. so there is still a llt of moving parts here. it is still very dynamic. i don't think this is ov by a longshot. melissa: why is this, just to bring it back to our viewers, why is this so important to americans here? one reasois the suez canal which runs, you know, right there next to egypt. this is an important waterway for all kind of commerce in the area. there's oil in the region. and then, i mean there is egypt's now role...
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opposition groups want their demands on president morsi outearn clutches reportedly it's forcing him to sneak out of the bond door his own presidential candidate. in the u.k. a drama bill that could give the government answers to people's interpret serious he's trying to second son's secretary may bring everyone up close to it as terrorists and paedophiles. aren't easier over here as they were brought so you had calls to reveal the truth about its nuclear program refusing to acknowledge it has atomic weapons provide proof it has a. new song russia on the around the world this is all she was me thanks for joining us opposition groups in egypt have issued a set of demands to the country's president mohamed morsi i aimed at scrapping his latest political drives this follows a fierce standoff outside the presidential palace in cairo which reportedly forced the egyptian leader to flee the building kyra based on force have true. by was that in the march tenth tens of thousands of protesters coming from various locations in cairo converging in front of the presidential palace in this suburb
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president morsi said those extreme powers which he adopted would be void. perhaps in two weeks time if the constitution is adopted. finally, another show of public support for the president, demonstrators came out here to the university of cairo yesterday. again, in support of president morsi. many of them from the muslim brotherhood. about 200,000 strong. much larger crowd there. behind me on tahrir square, these demonstrators here, again, president morsi. back to you. >> eric: all right, we'll keep an eye on the situation as it develops today. steve, thank you very much. jamie? >> jamie: well, eric, taliban militants storming a joint u.s. and afghan air base early this morning in jalalabad. detonating explosives at the main gate there and that blast kicking off a gun bat that lasted two hours. nato spokesperson said none of the gunman breached the nation's perimeter but reports of five afghan soldiers killed, at least nine attackers died in the fighting. >> eric: israel is taking steps today in response to the successful palestinian bid for nonmember obse
president morsi said those extreme powers which he adopted would be void. perhaps in two weeks time if the constitution is adopted. finally, another show of public support for the president, demonstrators came out here to the university of cairo yesterday. again, in support of president morsi. many of them from the muslim brotherhood. about 200,000 strong. much larger crowd there. behind me on tahrir square, these demonstrators here, again, president morsi. back to you. >> eric: all...
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the magazine calls egyptian president mohammed morsi the most important man in the middle east. president morsi tells "time" that although he's been in office only five months, he is promising a parliament and elections in the next coming two months. today, morsi faces unprecedented strikes by the courts as well as massive protests after he granted himself near absolute power while he prepares for a nationwide address stressing unity. >>> last night, new yorkers celebrated the lighting of the world's most famous christmas tree. take a look. >> three, two, one. ♪ >> so beautiful. new york city mayor michael bloomberg did the honors, flipping the switch on more than 30,000 l.e.d. lights covering the 80 foot norway spruce from mount olive, new jersey. incidentally, that tree survived hurricane sandy. the rockefeller center tree tradition began in 1931 when workers building the center put up the very first one. >>> all right, breaking news overnight. actress lindsay lohan is in trouble with the law yet again. she was arrested early this morning at a new york city nightclub, charge
the magazine calls egyptian president mohammed morsi the most important man in the middle east. president morsi tells "time" that although he's been in office only five months, he is promising a parliament and elections in the next coming two months. today, morsi faces unprecedented strikes by the courts as well as massive protests after he granted himself near absolute power while he prepares for a nationwide address stressing unity. >>> last night, new yorkers celebrated...
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it's a cover hard situation if whether it was morsi or any other candidates. this confusion has started with the military council taking over and in all the constitutional declaration that came afterwards for doing the work today nation so i think it's a built up to what we have been going through since the initial uprising in generally to say lebanon even if the opposition some of the opposition i think you know but over so in him i do think there is a general population that seems to want more stability and economic instability in one to end it's the political turmoil in the overthrew him now do we do have to go through another circle of elections again in like four months i do think that the majority of people would like to go with this option. when reaching for the skies it's not a bad idea to ask friends for help but sometimes even from tough like what's in it later on washington is having trouble venting its allies to into subsystems or on trips outside. the cream of syria's rebel functions the nusra front will soon reports claim be designated a terroris
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they're supporting mohammed morsi. screen right, earlier today, tahrir square, thousands voicing their opposition to morsi's move to greatly expand his personal powers. and in the port city of alexandria, the president supporters taking to the streets for a rally organized by the muslim brotherhood, clashing with opponents there. steve harrigan is streaming live from cairo. what's the latest? >> both sides really trying to get their supporters out on the streets to show the level of public support, both pro and anti-morsi groups have. the anti-morsi protesters really come up short today, 25,000 at their peak behind me in that rear square. two miles away, perrot-government protesters numbering about 200,000, just here in cairo alone. but also in other cities in egypt as well. many of these egyptians from the rural areas bussed in, many carrying korans as well, shouting god is the law. so a real strong show of force for morsi supporters. morsi is also announced this constitution that will go to a he referendum. this draf
they're supporting mohammed morsi. screen right, earlier today, tahrir square, thousands voicing their opposition to morsi's move to greatly expand his personal powers. and in the port city of alexandria, the president supporters taking to the streets for a rally organized by the muslim brotherhood, clashing with opponents there. steve harrigan is streaming live from cairo. what's the latest? >> both sides really trying to get their supporters out on the streets to show the level of...
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reports of fresh violence in egypt as mohamed morsy supporters clash with his opponents near the presidential palace where both sides have to hold mass rallies. no relief for bridgend as the country's finance minister is along that already angry conflict that five more years of a surgery and cuts ahead. and israel refuses to comply with u.n. demands that it open its unacknowledged nuclear facilities for inspection and join the nonproliferation treaty calling the general assembly vote void. you're watching are too good to have you with us we start in egypt where the standoff between mohamed morsi and egypt's opposition has caused a new al breaks of violence supporters of the country's leader have reportedly clash with its opponents near the presidential palace where both parties have called rallies the muslim brotherhood is running morsy supporters after tens of thousands took part in an opposition march on his palace on tuesday night car based porter has more. i was that in the march tenth that tens of thousands of protesters coming from various locations in cairo converging in front of the p
reports of fresh violence in egypt as mohamed morsy supporters clash with his opponents near the presidential palace where both sides have to hold mass rallies. no relief for bridgend as the country's finance minister is along that already angry conflict that five more years of a surgery and cuts ahead. and israel refuses to comply with u.n. demands that it open its unacknowledged nuclear facilities for inspection and join the nonproliferation treaty calling the general assembly vote void....
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and the muslim brotherhood and now supporters of morsi say it's our turn. tens of thousands have showed up outside of cairo university where we are and saying we support president morsi and like the anti-government protest we can put on a large demonstration, too. a large turnout. a few thousand women. the gathering overwhelmingly men, and it's energized, chanting slogans. again, some of the opposition leaders and in support of the president. really this turnout puts into focus the conflict here between the opposition factions, the liberals, the moderates, the secularists and the president's supporters, the islamists, the supporters of the muslim brotherhood. the people here at the brotherhood demonstration support the president's move. they like the draft of the new constitution. they like that in about 15 days everyone is going to go out and have an opportunity to vote on the constitution, and they say this is how democracy should work. however, in tahrir square, you have the opposition faction. their position is they have been sidelined, squeezed out in
and the muslim brotherhood and now supporters of morsi say it's our turn. tens of thousands have showed up outside of cairo university where we are and saying we support president morsi and like the anti-government protest we can put on a large demonstration, too. a large turnout. a few thousand women. the gathering overwhelmingly men, and it's energized, chanting slogans. again, some of the opposition leaders and in support of the president. really this turnout puts into focus the conflict...
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now the protesters are denoun denouncing president morsi. in the draft constitution, his islamic allies approved earlier today. our chief foreign correspondent richard engel brings us. the chance of the regime echoing throughout the square, what exactly in the constitution are they so upset about? >> reporter: they are upset not only at the constitution, but also because president mohamed morsi, last week, gave himself extraordinary powers. he made all of his decision final and that they are not subject to any kind of judicial oversight. and then once he gave himself these extraordinary powers, he had his allies, a group of islamists, write a new constitution. imagine in the united states if a freshly minted president five months into his term suddenly came out and made an announcement, he said, by the way, the supreme court doesn't matter anymore. congress doesn't matter anymore, and a bunch of my friends have just written a brand-new constitution that gives islamists a great deal more power. that's what brought people out on the street. th
now the protesters are denoun denouncing president morsi. in the draft constitution, his islamic allies approved earlier today. our chief foreign correspondent richard engel brings us. the chance of the regime echoing throughout the square, what exactly in the constitution are they so upset about? >> reporter: they are upset not only at the constitution, but also because president mohamed morsi, last week, gave himself extraordinary powers. he made all of his decision final and that they...
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and the anti-morsi protesters away from each other. last flight we saw thousands of pro-morsi supporters camp outside of the presidential palace, that is after they went there and removed, by force, the anti-morsi protesters. but now we have a small -- protests are planned for today against morsi and their plan to defe descend, again, on the presidential palace. >> a direct constitution has been approved and egyptians are scheduled to vote on it next week. is there something in this proposal that has protesters so angry? >> reporter: well, a lot of protesters are angry at the quickness that this draft constitution was first put forward. it was really rushed through. in a 48-hour time period we saw that. that was in response to president morsi's constitutional decrees. he said once a constitution is approved, the powers that he took, he would no longer have those. they were eager to rush through the constitutional draft but a lot of the people here, moderates, liberals, christians, say that they don't protect the right of the minorities
and the anti-morsi protesters away from each other. last flight we saw thousands of pro-morsi supporters camp outside of the presidential palace, that is after they went there and removed, by force, the anti-morsi protesters. but now we have a small -- protests are planned for today against morsi and their plan to defe descend, again, on the presidential palace. >> a direct constitution has been approved and egyptians are scheduled to vote on it next week. is there something in this...
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the jets opposition group has left their demands on president morsi after a night of clashes reportedly forced him to sneak out of the back door of his own presidential palace. in the u.k. a drive to build i could give the government absence to people the internet activity sponsored privacy concerns with the home secretary labeling everyone opposed to it as terrorists and paedophiles. and israel seriously rebuff the un calls to reveal the truth about its nuclear program fusing to acknowledge it has atomic weapons all provide proof it doesn't. it's three pm here in moscow you love with us on our t. get she have you with us this afternoon opposition groups in egypt have issued a set of demands to the country's president mohamed morsi aimed at scrapping his latest political drives this fall as a few stand off outside the presidential palace in cairo which reportedly falls a gyptian leader to feed the building locally based on reports has more. i was that in the march tenth that tens of thousands of protesters coming from various locations in cairo converging in front of the presidential pa
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the white house says, president obama has called egyptian president morsi to express deep concern about the deaths and injuries of protesters in egypt. large crowds of protesters in cairo expressed anger last night after a nationally televised speech by morsi they say it aftered nothing concrete to defuse the worst political crisis in a up can of years. thousands -- in a couple of years. six people dead, several hundred injured. opposition says it would not enter a dialogue with morsi unless he rescinds decreases giving him unlimited powers. >>> in a few hours there will be a wreath placeed to mark the 71st anniversary of the japanese attack on the naval base in hawaii. more than 2400 americans died in the surprise attack on december 7th, 1941. it helped usher the u.s. into world war ii. seven minutes after attack, president roosevelt famously called it a date which will live in infamy. >>> coming up, the tax refund checks california is itching to give away. what you need to know to find out if one is yours. >>> dispute that is leaving a rotting, >>> good morning. live look at early mor
the white house says, president obama has called egyptian president morsi to express deep concern about the deaths and injuries of protesters in egypt. large crowds of protesters in cairo expressed anger last night after a nationally televised speech by morsi they say it aftered nothing concrete to defuse the worst political crisis in a up can of years. thousands -- in a couple of years. six people dead, several hundred injured. opposition says it would not enter a dialogue with morsi unless he...
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>> well, you had president obama morsi -- president morsi' morsis senior advisor and he told the "washington post" that they share a vision with president obama and the united states. what the president is doing is putting the united states in a position where our enemies are getting stronger. iranians have a nuclear weapon on the way. they're working to try to build one. you certainly don't hear very much about that any more. in the meantime, the president has stood aside. now, he in the last 24 hours was pretty strong in terms of threatening the syrians if they do use chemical weapons. let's hope that he, in fact lives up to that. it would be a fitters. >> sean: we'll look back through the history, the prism of history. when the world has to deal with the islamists, it's going to be ugly and probably on a scale of world war three. that's my sad prediction and i pray that i'm wrong. >> when people look back and say who lost the middle east, it will be pretty clear that it was barack obama. >> sean: good to see you. coming up, he's the photographer who snapped an image of a new york city man
>> well, you had president obama morsi -- president morsi' morsis senior advisor and he told the "washington post" that they share a vision with president obama and the united states. what the president is doing is putting the united states in a position where our enemies are getting stronger. iranians have a nuclear weapon on the way. they're working to try to build one. you certainly don't hear very much about that any more. in the meantime, the president has stood aside. now,...
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judicial rebellion against morsi which began after morsi gave himself absolute authority and immunity from the judicial system. >>> after school special. why the school day will get longer the for tens of thousands of children. this is the morning news. thousands of children. this is the morning news. [ elizabeth ] i like to drink orange juice or have lemon in my water... eat tomato sauce on my spaghetti. the acidic levels in some foods can cause acid erosion. the enamel starts to wear down. and you can't grow your enamel back. i was quite surprised, as only few as four exposures a day what that can do to you. it's quite a lesson learned. my dentist recommended that i use pronamel. because it helps to strengthen the enamel. he recommended that i use it every time i brush. you feel like there is something that you're doing to help safeguard against the acid erosion. and i believe it's doing a good job. five days later, i had a massive heart attack. bayer aspirin was the first thing the emts gave me. now, i'm on a bayer aspirin regimen. [ male announcer ] be sure to talk to your doctor
judicial rebellion against morsi which began after morsi gave himself absolute authority and immunity from the judicial system. >>> after school special. why the school day will get longer the for tens of thousands of children. this is the morning news. thousands of children. this is the morning news. [ elizabeth ] i like to drink orange juice or have lemon in my water... eat tomato sauce on my spaghetti. the acidic levels in some foods can cause acid erosion. the enamel starts to wear...
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ages old position curb some of the demands on president morsi and i'm sure none of conscious reportedly forced him to sneak out the door he's on presidential politics . in the u.k. had dropped a bill that could give the government access to people's internet activities prompts privacy concerns secretary labeling everyone a history of terrorists and paedophiles. our days are over here as they were basu out of points to reveal the truth about its nuclear program for peace and talk of knowledge of how that will make weapons provide proof. this is all she coming to live from moscow hello and welcome to the program opposition groups in nature probably should a set of demands to the country's president mohamed morsi aimed at scrapping his latest but it's called lives this follows a fierce standoff outside the presidential palace in cairo which reportedly forced the egyptian leader to flee the building kyra base reports true has more. i was that in the march tenth that tens of thousands of protesters coming from various locations in cairo converging in front of the presidential palace in a sub
ages old position curb some of the demands on president morsi and i'm sure none of conscious reportedly forced him to sneak out the door he's on presidential politics . in the u.k. had dropped a bill that could give the government access to people's internet activities prompts privacy concerns secretary labeling everyone a history of terrorists and paedophiles. our days are over here as they were basu out of points to reveal the truth about its nuclear program for peace and talk of knowledge of...
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egypt's opposition protests against mohamed morsi stripping new powers reach the presidential palace forcing completely out the back to. the u.k. government's policies to monitor the population online may be increased by a draft law which the government says only those finding with terrorists and paedophiles would object. and israel refuses to comply with u.n. demands that it open is ime of knowledge needed facilities for inspection and then the nonproliferation warning the general assembly vote very. live from moscow with me to bomb would say the standoff between mohamed morsi and egypt's opposition group continues hundreds of protesters camped outside the presidential palace in cairo suburbs the angry crowds are spread from the iconic squared to the outskirts of the city where the president forced to feed through the back door of the palace and choose day cairo based reporter bell truly is following developments. i was that in the march tenth that tens of thousands of protesters coming from various locations in cairo converging in front of the presidential palace in a suburb of cai
egypt's opposition protests against mohamed morsi stripping new powers reach the presidential palace forcing completely out the back to. the u.k. government's policies to monitor the population online may be increased by a draft law which the government says only those finding with terrorists and paedophiles would object. and israel refuses to comply with u.n. demands that it open is ime of knowledge needed facilities for inspection and then the nonproliferation warning the general assembly...
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pm here in moscow you live with us on archie good to have you with us the standoff between mohamed morsi and egypt's opposition threatens to cause new all breaks of violence the muslim brotherhood which supports the country's leader is planning a mess rally at the presidential palace or come face to face with opponents all of morsi hundreds of which i camped outside the palace and are also following more protests cairo based reporter bill truth has more. why was that in the march tenth that tens of thousands of protesters coming from various locations in cairo converging in front of the presidential palace in this suburb of cairo when they got there they were greeted by police behind barbed wire and really i mean speaking to the protesters they felt like they wanted to protest the walls of the presidential palace to the president not to what they said was a bunch of police so what happened is they broke through the barbed wire which obviously was met with seven tear gas so quite a lot of take asked by the police who actually fled eventually and the tens of thousands of protesters continu
pm here in moscow you live with us on archie good to have you with us the standoff between mohamed morsi and egypt's opposition threatens to cause new all breaks of violence the muslim brotherhood which supports the country's leader is planning a mess rally at the presidential palace or come face to face with opponents all of morsi hundreds of which i camped outside the palace and are also following more protests cairo based reporter bill truth has more. why was that in the march tenth that...
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they're upset that morsi gave himself sweeping powers that place him above judicial oversight. this is a live picture outside in cairo. you can see that the tents are still up there and a lot of people congregating o on the street. >>> 4:47. the bizarre saga of john mcafee has ended. he was briefly treated for chest pains before being are brought to the cell. he is suffering from stress and hyper tension. mac afee slipped into a guatemala from neighboring belize and asked for asylum. authorityauthorities in belize want to question him about his neighbor's murder. >>> they are looking for a plan to a void the fiscal cliff. congressmen were on capitol hill talking about a negative impact in the spending cuts kick in january 1st. president obama failed a visit to a northern virginia family -- had a visit to a northern virginia family that that would affect if that happened. >> gives you a sense o of the costs involved in very personal terms. >> still the white house says those across the board spending cuts and tax hikes will take effect if republicans fuse to raise taxes on the w
they're upset that morsi gave himself sweeping powers that place him above judicial oversight. this is a live picture outside in cairo. you can see that the tents are still up there and a lot of people congregating o on the street. >>> 4:47. the bizarre saga of john mcafee has ended. he was briefly treated for chest pains before being are brought to the cell. he is suffering from stress and hyper tension. mac afee slipped into a guatemala from neighboring belize and asked for asylum....
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as the masses grew, president mohammed morsi left the palace. ever since the revolution that captivated the world, egypt has struggled on its road to democracy. two weeks ago, president morsi gave himself unchecked powers -- he says to put egypt on a democratic path. there was outrage on tahrir square. we were there. no one here believes morsi when he says that these powers are just temporary. they say they traded one tyrant for another. then a surprise -- morsi's islamist allies rushed through a new constitution. critics say it could make egypt more islamic and doesn't do enough to guarantee freedoms, including women's. egyptians will have a chance to vote on the new constitution in two weeks. tonight's protesters could boycott, but for now it looks like it will go ahead, and the president may very well get his way. alex marquardt, abc news, jerusalem. >>> and to england now where kate middleton, the duchess, is spending a second night in the hospital after the announcement she's having a baby, but it has been rough so far. abc's lama hasan now
as the masses grew, president mohammed morsi left the palace. ever since the revolution that captivated the world, egypt has struggled on its road to democracy. two weeks ago, president morsi gave himself unchecked powers -- he says to put egypt on a democratic path. there was outrage on tahrir square. we were there. no one here believes morsi when he says that these powers are just temporary. they say they traded one tyrant for another. then a surprise -- morsi's islamist allies rushed through...
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they say they'll only leave if morsi leaves. his supporters are increasingly rallying behind the nation's first de democratically elected president. >> where is president morsi? >> no one knows for sure. he's in an undisclosed location, so to speak. >> as the sun rises in cairo, it will rise in a couple hours. what's the expectation? what's your prediction that will happen during the day? >> well, so far it seems like both sides want to avoid any large scale outbreaks of violence. they think it's going to make both of them look bad. however, the ra rank-and-file members of both organizations are very angry. one muslim brotherhood member, a teenage muslim brother hood member died earlier last week. he was beaten to death by a mob and two se seculars have been killed by police. there's a potential for large scale violence. >> jacob, thank you. in just a few minutes, we'll talk more about the increasingly volatile situation in egypt. first, who is now accusing the president of thinking he is the king? >> obama overplayed his hand.
they say they'll only leave if morsi leaves. his supporters are increasingly rallying behind the nation's first de democratically elected president. >> where is president morsi? >> no one knows for sure. he's in an undisclosed location, so to speak. >> as the sun rises in cairo, it will rise in a couple hours. what's the expectation? what's your prediction that will happen during the day? >> well, so far it seems like both sides want to avoid any large scale outbreaks of...
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thousands of people came out today in support of president morsi's proposed constitution. the demonstrators were mostly ms of muslim brotherhood. meanwhile critics of president morsi continue to protest in tahrir square. >>> in syria today as the internet was restored in much of the country new images of violence emerged. syrian opposition groups say this video shows the aftermath of government shelling as people run with children to local hospitals and to safety. the syrian government blamed rebels for cutting the communication lines, but the opposition says the assad regime caused theblackout. >>> there are reports that a number of cars caught fire and at least three of the cars were crushed. a local firefighter reported that the tunnel's developmentlation system was malfunctioning and it's making it hard to navigate the scene. a japan continues and report says the mudslide triggered the collapse of the ceiling. >>> family friends and fans gathered outside of the funeral for hector camacho. the champion boxer was fatally shot november 20th in puerto rico as he sat with a
thousands of people came out today in support of president morsi's proposed constitution. the demonstrators were mostly ms of muslim brotherhood. meanwhile critics of president morsi continue to protest in tahrir square. >>> in syria today as the internet was restored in much of the country new images of violence emerged. syrian opposition groups say this video shows the aftermath of government shelling as people run with children to local hospitals and to safety. the syrian government...
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the latest twist pitting morsi against the legal system. you are look at live pictures in tahrir square, in cairo, and it is packed with demonstrators in the midnight hour, and, also, steve harrigan streaming like overlooking the scene. what is the latest? >> we have seen remarkable and basic challenges to democracy here in egypt over the past week, and last wednesday we had a dly elected president saying any decrease he issues is final and cannot be reviewed by the courts or anyone else, pledging himself above the law. today we saw step two in the maneuver, and it was the supreme constitutional court when the judges were headed to the building which was surrounded by a crowd of demonstrators loyal to the president and judges felt intimidated physically and mentally and now they are on strike refusing to work in this atmosphere, judges unable to get into their court to do their job, the next step is this national referendum on a draft constitution, a constitution that was pushed through in one night in one night. if they vote the constituti
the latest twist pitting morsi against the legal system. you are look at live pictures in tahrir square, in cairo, and it is packed with demonstrators in the midnight hour, and, also, steve harrigan streaming like overlooking the scene. what is the latest? >> we have seen remarkable and basic challenges to democracy here in egypt over the past week, and last wednesday we had a dly elected president saying any decrease he issues is final and cannot be reviewed by the courts or anyone else,...
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>>shepard: do you get the sense that president morsi will retreat? >>guest: the reporting suggests he is moving ahead and he feels he has enough support in the muslim brotherhood and he has, now, a draft constitution, and that enough judges will be there to sanctify this referendum and they can codify the gains the muslim brotherhood made. the opposition is concerned that they had their first election and their last election and there will be a consolidation by the muslim brotherhood it will impede liberty. >>shepard: the reading of the constitution suggests that they are -- their democracy will only last a few days but this is a new dictatorship from the constitution. >>guest: there are limitations on free speech and other aspects of life in egypt. liberals, and christians, and non-muslim brotherhood members, they are quite concerned. that is what we are seeing in the streets, an expression of that concern, that the liberties will be constrained. >>shepard: egypt is an enormous power player, brokering the peace between israelis and hamas in the pale
>>shepard: do you get the sense that president morsi will retreat? >>guest: the reporting suggests he is moving ahead and he feels he has enough support in the muslim brotherhood and he has, now, a draft constitution, and that enough judges will be there to sanctify this referendum and they can codify the gains the muslim brotherhood made. the opposition is concerned that they had their first election and their last election and there will be a consolidation by the muslim...
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many of the demonstrators say it is time for president morsi to go. new details coming up. >> the unemployment rate is down to four-year low despite super storm sandy but a lot of people stopped looking for work. the good news and the news behind it coming up. >> check the credit card statements. you could be spending hundreds of dollars in recurring payments for stuff you may not use anymore. it is all ahead unless breaking news changes everything. this is "studio b." first from fox at 3:00 in new york city, a free syria can never include the syrian president bashar al-assad. that today from our secretary of state, hillary clinton, after holding talks on the future of the nation's fighting with the civil war. she met with her russian counterpart and the united nations special envoy to syria over how to stop the violence that has killed more than 40,000. russia has blocked u.n. security council efforts to remove the syrian president. that did not stop secretary clinton from saying any plan for syria's future must not involve the man with the blood of
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morsi is addressing his people today. a speech in which he's expected to discuss his move last week to seize near absolute power. thousands have been on the streets of cairo protesting that move since. morsi is showing no signs, though, of backing down. >>> and with the conflict in syria showing no signs of ending, the obama administration is reportedly considering deeper intervention there. this morning's "new york times" says no decisions have been made. but several options are being looked at, including providing arms to anti-government fighters. a decision on whether to deploy surface-to-air missiles in neighboring areas is likely next week. >>> and a major milestone is expected at the u.n. today, when the general assembly votes to give statehood to the palestinians. this comes despite strong opposition for u.s. officials over fears that such a move could harm peace negotiations with israel. palestinian leaders view the vote as a step towards global recognition. >>> and it turns out, mitt romney is going to the white
morsi is addressing his people today. a speech in which he's expected to discuss his move last week to seize near absolute power. thousands have been on the streets of cairo protesting that move since. morsi is showing no signs, though, of backing down. >>> and with the conflict in syria showing no signs of ending, the obama administration is reportedly considering deeper intervention there. this morning's "new york times" says no decisions have been made. but several options...
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right now the circumstances also are favoring morsi. and the other reason is because he holds the sort of future of egypt in his hands right now and of the revolution with what he does in the coming couple of months. >> uh-huh. and another new development to tell you about today. egyptian lawmakers dominated by islamists are now rushing to draft a new constitution. this move is seen by some of morsi's critics as an effort by the muslim brotherhood to hijack the constitution and egypt's butting push for democracy. >>> there's a slaughter happening along the coast of the united states in the gulf of mexico to be specific. someone is brutally killing dolphins, those gentle mammals that don't fear man. the area is a major dolphin birthing area putting newborns at risk. cnn's ed lavandera takes us to the mississippi gulf coast. and a warning for you, you may find some of the pictures very disturbing. >> reporter: to reach the crime scenes, you need to catch a ride and take a guide. this island we see off to our left this is deer island where
right now the circumstances also are favoring morsi. and the other reason is because he holds the sort of future of egypt in his hands right now and of the revolution with what he does in the coming couple of months. >> uh-huh. and another new development to tell you about today. egyptian lawmakers dominated by islamists are now rushing to draft a new constitution. this move is seen by some of morsi's critics as an effort by the muslim brotherhood to hijack the constitution and egypt's...
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. >>> in egypt, president mohammad morsi is calling for a referendum in two weeks on a controversial constitution. he made his appeals during a nationally televised speech today. the president's recent seizure of near absolute power has marred the legislative process and thrown the new democracy into turmoil. the constitution is approved by muslims but is widely opposed by secular and christian groups. morsi urged egyptians to participate in the december 15th referendum. >>> and despite a tragic shooting outside the kansas city chiefs training complex, the team is continuing its regular schedule. the chiefs will play their home game against the carolina panthers as scheduled tomorrow. starting linebacker jovan belcher shot and killed himself in front of his general manager and coach today. and earlier investigators say he killed his girlfriend. we'll have more on the story including what happened moments before the shooting coming up in sports in just about 15 minutes. >>> a clerical worker strike in southern california is nearly shut down businesses at two of the nation's busiest do
. >>> in egypt, president mohammad morsi is calling for a referendum in two weeks on a controversial constitution. he made his appeals during a nationally televised speech today. the president's recent seizure of near absolute power has marred the legislative process and thrown the new democracy into turmoil. the constitution is approved by muslims but is widely opposed by secular and christian groups. morsi urged egyptians to participate in the december 15th referendum. >>>...
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there were some clashes in alexandria between pro and anti--morsi groups. because the security forces anticipated that because there were a lot of clashes yesterday up in the north there. it was pretty minimal. this was a day, a crucial day as you know for president morsi and his muslim brotherhood supporters. they needed a big turnout, a huge crowd at that rally to kind of stem the momentum of the opposition which we've seen now draw hundreds of thousands of secular, moderate, leftist, liberal egyptians filling that tahrir square on a couple of occasions this past week. but today belonged to morsi supporters, really. that show of support was big. at least the tens of thousands if not 100,000 outside cairo university. it had more of a feel of a political rally with people waving flags, carrying banners, chanting slogans. again there were some slashes but it was overall a peaceful day. the muslim brotherhood is must more focused on politics than on protests. it wants to ratify that new draft constitution as quickly as possible. of course the opposition says
there were some clashes in alexandria between pro and anti--morsi groups. because the security forces anticipated that because there were a lot of clashes yesterday up in the north there. it was pretty minimal. this was a day, a crucial day as you know for president morsi and his muslim brotherhood supporters. they needed a big turnout, a huge crowd at that rally to kind of stem the momentum of the opposition which we've seen now draw hundreds of thousands of secular, moderate, leftist, liberal...
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today in the end belonged to morsi supporters. their show of support was big, at least in the tens of thousands, perhaps 100,000 or more outside cairo university and it really had the feel of a political rally. there were people waving flags, carrying banners and chanting pro-morsi sloegers. there were some clashes reported, not in cairo, but in the north in alexandria between pro and anti-morsi groups. overall, however, the day was peaceful. that's because the muslim brotherhood is much more focused on politics than on protests. it wants to see as quickly as possible the ratification of that new draft constitution. which, of course, the opposition says is completely invalid because it was rushed through an all-islamist committee and very bias towards the islamists. morsi received tonight a copy of that draft in a ceremony and in the days ahead, maybe even tonight is likely to announce a nationwide referendum for as early as mid-december. back to you. >> jim maceda in cairo for us, thank you, sir. >>> republicans have drawn a line
today in the end belonged to morsi supporters. their show of support was big, at least in the tens of thousands, perhaps 100,000 or more outside cairo university and it really had the feel of a political rally. there were people waving flags, carrying banners and chanting pro-morsi sloegers. there were some clashes reported, not in cairo, but in the north in alexandria between pro and anti-morsi groups. overall, however, the day was peaceful. that's because the muslim brotherhood is much more...
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hours ago president morsi asking protesters out his palace to "cool it." give a chance to new talks aimed at stemming backlash over his controversial power grab. so far the call for calm has gone nowhere. you can see the protesters tearing down the tents throwing rocks and fire bombs at each other and yesterday opponents stormed the palace grounds. the president's backers in the muslim brotherhood showed up in force and ready for a fight. this began when egypt's new president essentially maim himself a stickator, with the protesters demanding he give up those near absolute powers. and steve harrigan is live for us in cairo. steve, these are the biggest crowds we have seen yet. >>reporter: the largest crowds and the most violent. it has calmed down in the last hour at 10:00 p.m. in egypt but the worst clashes in two weeks of protests here. it wasn't police versus the protester but civilian on civilian, members of the muslim brotherhood who support president morsi and those who want to drive him from office and all the conflict happening outside the presiden
hours ago president morsi asking protesters out his palace to "cool it." give a chance to new talks aimed at stemming backlash over his controversial power grab. so far the call for calm has gone nowhere. you can see the protesters tearing down the tents throwing rocks and fire bombs at each other and yesterday opponents stormed the palace grounds. the president's backers in the muslim brotherhood showed up in force and ready for a fight. this began when egypt's new president...